robert cassidy discovered a house was burglarized and one of his two dogs was missing last week so he put up some posters around the knocked on doors and discovered he wasn't the only victim. there had been at least 14 burglaries and four-car break- ins in the past four months. cassidy says he just wants his dog lula back. >> if it were me and i got all this other crap, you took a family member. bring her back. >> police believe that the burglar or burglars may be someone in the neighborhood. they recovered some of the stolen items, but not lula. cassidy is offering a $1,000 reward for lula's return. >>> it will be december before same-sex weddings might be performed in california. supporters of proposition 8 won the ruling by the ninth circuit court of appeals to put the weddings on hold while the recent ruling against prop 8 is appealed. last week the judge who found prop 8 to be unconstitutional had said marriages could begin tomorrow if the appeals court didn't block them. >> the vote of the people has been upheld and we don't always see that and people often get frustrated to see

. >> i came in around -- >> reporter: robert cassidy returned home about 4:00 last friday afternoon and discovered that someone had broken in. >> when i came back here, i think i looked in the computer room and may have saw disshovelment. as i went to the bedroom, i noticed drawers opened. >> reporter: the burglar or burglars had stolen a laptop computer, a camera and jewelry. he says he also discovered the burglars had taken something else even more valuable. a one and a half-year-old bison frise mix named lulu. >> they're trendy. they can be perceived as expensive. you know, there's income in it for them and/or if it's a younger person, they can rationalize giving it to their girlfriend as a gift. >> reporter: cassidy started taping up posters around his neighborhood and going door to door to more than a dozen homes. he says that's when he learned he wasn't the only victim. >> out of the 15 -- 8 had burglars. >> reporter: alameda county sheriff's investigators say this case is just one of the neighborhood burglaries they're looking into. >> good possibility they are linked and that's

it is not just material items robert cassidy said the youths also made off with a family dog lulu. if the dog does not get medicine but it could die and police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >>> residents are high alert after a female resident was attacked yesterday and said her own apartment. it is the third incident in six weeks that the park regency apartments, the latest victim says she woke up in bed to find a man covering her mouth pin she struggled and then the intruder fled. investigators say the same suspect may have committed a rape and attended rape at that complex. >>> for the first time the state of california has determined which bay area waterways are the most glittering with trash and plastic. the control board released a list of polluted waterways. including san jose's guadalupe river. six other waterways also made the list. the county water officials say they are tackling the problem bank to a voter approved a ballot measure to allocate more money for cleanup and restoration. >> we are doing the best we can. the voters have funded our tras

when robert cassidy found his house burglarized and one of his two dogs was missing he put up postersr the neighborhood and started knocking on doors and found out that he wasn't the only victim. there have been at least 14 burglaries and four car break ins in this neighborhood. cassidy says he just wants his dog lula back. >> for me, and i have a mac and all this other stuff is it worth it? you took a family member. bring her back. >> police believe the burglar or burglars may be someone living in the neighborhood. they have recovered some of the stolen items but not the dog. cassidy is offering a thousand dollar reward for her return. >>> 24 hour fitness is allowing the members to ditch the cards for their fingerprints. you take three scans of both your index fingers. the image of your fingerprint isn't stored. a computer measures the distance between several points on your print. and that measurement is an identifying number which comes up every time you place your finger on the reader. if your penguin and the code match, 24 hour fitness knows you are you and lets you in. privacy a

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robert cassidy says he came home friday afternoon to find parts of his home ransacked and valuables missing. but he says his one-year-old bishon frise mix lulu was also taken. she requires medication for a liver condition. >> the dogs are trendy. they can be perceived as expensive. you know, there's income in it for them and/or, you know, if it's a younger person, they can rationalize giving it to their girlfriend as a gift. >> the alameda county sheriff's department says it is investigating about eight other robberies in that area recently. >>> it is day 42 without a state budget. and lawmakers of sacramento are still locking horns over how to solve the crisis and spur economic growth. one idea proposed by democratic leaders is to set aside $300 million to help small businesses primarily through loans. however, republicans say that money would come from new taxes which would actually hurt business owners and californians. >>> meanwhile state workers are boycotting the new action film "the expendables" which feature as brief appearance by the governor. a spokesman says the governor did it a

when robert cassidy came home, he found his house had been burglarized and one of his two dogs was missing. so he put up posters all over the neighborhood and knocked on doors. that's when he found out he wasn't the only victim. there have been at least 14 burglaries and four-car break- ins in the past four months. cassidy says he just wants his dog lula back. >> if it were me and i got a mac and i got all this other crap, you know, is it worth it? you took a family member. bring her back. >> police believe the burglar or burglars may be someone in the neighborhood. they have recovered some of the stolen items but not lula. cassidy is offering a $1,000 reward for lula's return. >>> time now 5:35. the days could be numbered for one of northern california's longest running grocery chains. san jose-based pw markets permanently closed its store on meridien and foxworthy avenues last night with just 6 stores down from 11. lauren returned to say good- bye. >> pw has given tlc to every customer that walks in the door. and that's how i treat my customers and that's what's hard to leave. >> i am si

robert cassidy's home was burglarized just last week. he says the thieves stole more than just material item. they also stole the small family dog named lulu. >> those dogs, the purse dogs are trendy. they can be perceived as expensive. >> cassidy says the little dog suffers from a liver condition and needs medicine weekly if she doesn't get it she could possibly die. alameda county sheriff officials are asking anyone with information about any of those burglaries to call them. >>> a fed ex driver robbed of several packages at gunpoint at the business park. this happened yesterday morning in pleasanton. the driver told police he was making a delivery when four men with their faces covered approached them. one of them had a shotgun and told the driver to move aside. police said two others jumped in the back of the truck and stole about ten boxes. some contained computers. those gunmen drove off in a gold buick. >>> the jet blue flight attendant is now being described as a villain. steven slater's instant rise to stardom came after. [ indi

robert cassidy's house was burglarized just last week. he says the thieves stole a lot more than just material items. they also stole a small family dog named lulu. the dog suffers from a liver condition and needs medicine weekly. if she doesn't get it she could die. alameda county sheriff officials are asking anyone with information to please contact them. >>> a fed ex driver was robbed of several packages at gunpoint at the business park. this happened yesterday morning in pleasanton. the driver told police he was making a delivery when four men with their faces covered approached them. one of them had a shotgun. those men stole ten boxes. some of them contained computers. the robbers escaped in a gold buick. >>> the jet blue flight attendant who became an overnight celebrity is now being described as a villain. steven slater's instant rise to stardom came after he cursed out a rider on the intercom and then grabbed a beer and zoomed off the jet on an emergency chute at jfk airport. several passengers tell the wall street journal that h

robert cassidy's house was burglarized last week.hey stole more than material items, they also stole a small family dog named lula. >> those purse dogs are trendy. they can be perceived as expensive. >> cassidy says his dog needs medicine every week and if she doesn't get it, she could possibly die. alameda county officials are asking anyone who has information about these to contact them. >>> a judge sticking with ruling that management and union members use an outside party to settle their contract dispute. despite a request for the judge to reconsider his earlier ruling. also the judge ruled there is nothing to prove that union leaders directed bus drivers to call in sick in recent weeks. >>> bart has come up with another expected wind fall. they received an unexpected $4.5 million from the state. now instead of the expected deficit, it ended with a $4 million surplus. bart may use the extra money to reduce fares temporarily or make various improvements. bart is also about to accept another $2 million today to upgrade its 24th str